New Delhi, Feb 16 (TIWN) Kiran Bedi has been removed as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said on Tuesday.

Ms Bedi's removal is being widely seen as a political move by the BJP to negate the Congress' election campaign, which focuses on allegations that Ms Bedi was scuttling Puducherry's development at the behest of the centre. The allegations are at the heart of a long-running feud between Ms Bedi and Mr Narayanasamy.